2 Chronicles 24:1
Good News Translation
Joash became king of Judah at the age of seven, and he ruled in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother was Zibiah from the city of Beersheba.

New Revised Standard Version
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

Contemporary English Version
Joash was only 7 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 40 years from Jerusalem. His mother Zibiah was from the town of Beersheba.

New American Bible
Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, from Beer-sheba.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Joas was seven years old when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joas was seven years old when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.

A.

3126-3165 B.C.

878-839
Joash Joash is merely an abbreviation of Jehoash

2 Kings 11:21 Now Joas was seven years old when he began to reign.

2 Kings 12:1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Joas began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Sebia, of Bersabee.

Jehoash

1 Chronicles 3:11 The father of Joram: and Joram begot Ochozias, of whom was born Joas:

Context
Joash Repairs the Temple
1Joas was seven years old when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.2And he did that which is good before the Lord all the days of Joiada the priest.…
Cross References
Genesis 21:14
So Abraham rose up in the morning, and taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Bersabee.

2 Kings 11:21
Now Joas was seven years old when he began to reign.

2 Kings 12:1
In the seventh year of Jehu, Joas began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Sebia, of Bersabee.

2 Chronicles 23:21
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